Everythings comming up GARLIC!?

Remember this post back in October:
Planting? Food?

In it I showed y’all how to plant garlic. Once it started to get really cold I put my garlic patch to bed. I covered the box with about 6 inches of straw and then covered the whole thing with something called “floating row cover”. I then left it to sleep over the winter. Well now that the days have become longer and it is getting warmer I took a little peek at my garlic patch.


And what do ya know, little green spears are pushing up through the straw.

I will leave the row cover off the patch now, but keep the straw for a few more weeks.

The straw and cover isn’t a necessary step in the process, but since they were planted in a raised bed and the temperatures in the winter can get below zero I thought the extra protection would be worth it. I didn’t want those bulbs to freeze solid.


I love this time in February, it is like a little game for me, wandering around the yard looking to little bits of green pushing up here and there after the long winter.

2 thoughts on “Everythings comming up GARLIC!?

  1. How exciting!!! Do you use garlic from the store or do you order your bulbs?

    Kimberlynn

  2. I wish I could wander around mt yard looking for bits of green but there is too much white. Actually, I don't mind. I bet as soon as it all finally melts I will find some green poking out of the ground. Spring is so close!